Gary's day

Sunday found us at Home Farm with reduced numbers due to match clashes and illness. Out came peg 8 for me, sadly not an end peg today as peg 9 was also in so we were all along the same bank.

With it being warm and sunny there were plenty of carp moving on the top but fast and not showing interest in the 4mm pellets I was feeding. The roach and rudd though were very interested and were grabbing the pellet every time a carp came in range. Over to the far right Phil was off to a good start with steady splashing noises coming from his swim. In the middle it was harder work. About 2 hours in Rob to my left on the other end peg started catching so it was time to abandon the long line and try and catch down the edges. A bit early but long was full of silvers.

It was a slow start with lots of signs of small fish attacking the paste but finally a small carp was in the net. Mark next to me was also having silvers issues and resorted to trying a method feeder which netted him a couple of carp. By swapping left and right margins a few carp kept coming but it was slow going with the silvers getting in the way even on big blobs of paste. At the weigh in I had more than I thought but it was not going to be enough as Phil and Rob had been catching steadily all day.

1st Rob Calderon 87lbs 15oz, 2nd Phil Whitmill 83lbs 6oz and 3rd Gary Pickard 67lbs 6oz. Today's picture is my peg 8 shortly before the all in.